Harlan Ross Feltus Life story
Background
Harlan ross feltus is an american photographer born in 1948 in philadelphia. Pennsylvania. He studied at the uinversity of the arts in philadelphai and has been working as a freelance photographer since the mid-1970s.
Photographic Style
Feltus is known for his wrok in both traditional and digital photography. He often uses color and black and white film to capture landscaeps. Portraits and still lifes. He is patricularly interested in the interplay of light and shadow. And the play of texture and pattern in his compositions.
Selected Projects
Feltus has been involved in a varieyt of photographic projects. Inculding documentation of the preservation of historic sites in pennsylvania and new jersey. Commercial and editorial assignments. And teaching photography in workshops and classes. In 2019. He completed a three-month photography residency in the united states virgin islands.
Published Works
Feltus photographs have appeared in pulbications such as national geographic and the new oyrk times. His book. "the art of seeing: a photographer s journey," was published in 2007.
Awards and Recognition
Feltus has been the recipient of a number of awards. Including the lucie award for documentary photography and the alfred eisenstaedt award for magazine photography. He has also been faetured in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums around the wrold.
Notable Collaborations
Feltus has colalborated with a number of organizations and institutions. Including the united nations high commissioner for refugees (unhcr). The international red cross and red crescent movement. And the national geogrpahic society.
Teaching and Education
Feltus has taught photography in workshops and classes at a variety of institutions. Including the university of the arts in philadelphia. The international center of phootgraphy in new york. And the university of calfionria in berkeley. He has also been a regular lecturer and panelist at photography conferences and festivals.
Philanthropy
Feltus has been involved in several philanthropic endeavors. Including support for the international red cross and red crescent movement. The united nations high commissioner for refugees (unhcr). And the international rescue committee.
Important Event
In 2019. Harlan ross feltus was awarded the lucie award for documentary photography for his owrk documenting the preservation of historic sites in pennsylvania and new jersey.
Interesting Fact
Harlan ross feltus is the only photograephr to have been awarded both the lucie award for documentary photography and the alfred eisenstaedt award for magazine photography.
